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rayin
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On 1/19/2020 at 6:24 PM, WILDEBILL308 said:Ray, when I first read that I missed the "garage". I thought it was a lot of heat for an RV.
Just be safe and be shure you have enough ventilation.
Bill
It would be a lot of heat inside, it would melt the finish right off the cabinetry.
As to ventilation, I purposely left the metal siding ridges open at the bottom and at the top of the walls. I was more interested in natural convection during our hot muggy summer months than retaining heat in winter. DW says she may move my bed out there since I spend so many days there in warm weather.
I have more work on the MH in the near future. I ordered a new WW motor and crank arm today. My research to find the right motor revealed it is a universal 55Nm wiper motor used by many bus and MH builders. Wiperparts.com is my source(recommended by Winnebago) for motor and crank arm, I did have an email extended conversation to insure I would order the correct crank arm.
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The Eagles! The guitar work by Don Felder and Glenn Frey is amazing. After a few hours, DW nixes them and switches on the 10 CD changer that's loaded with golden oldies CW legends, and a CD copy of Glenn Miller's original 33 1/3 album (big band at its finest IMO).
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Six days have passed, wonder what was Mike's resolution?
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3 hours ago, bm02tj said:Make sure the heater is drawing outside air so you do not kill your self
Kerosene and diesel fuel, when burned, produce very little Co2. Be kinda hard to deplete O2 in a 36,000 cubic feet pole barn/garage that is not air-tight. Thank you for the consideration though.
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OK, I see the chart stating 13.5v. This means I must review my settings to insure they are all correct. Every voltage displayed on the remote appears 1V higher than what should be normal, except for actual battery voltage. Thank you for reading the manual and pointing out the float voltage,I looked, guess I was too tired to be reading.
The nearest Xantrex repair center to me is in White House, TN; I'll call them tomorrow and have a conversation about my unit.
Ya, outdoor temperature yesterday was 38°, garage is unheated unless I'm working there. The battery temp sender indicated 51° yesterday when I installed them and turned on Xantrex, 18° this afternoon.
A side note, DW said this afternoon, she wants to spend next winter in FL. (fingers crossed!)
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Tightening clamp screws in the breaker panels and the ATS is part of my annual checklist. These rolling earthquakes will shake things loose as they traverse our wonderfully smooth roads.
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I don't remember what float charge(update-none listed) is listed in the manual. I do know the Exide website listed 14.8 as maximum float voltage. That IMO was 1 full volt too high, but Exide must know their products.
The Xantrex RS2000 owners manual, on pg 3-19 only discusses what is user configurable charger settings: http://www.xantrex.com/documents/Discontinued-Products/RS2000_Sine_Wave_Inverter-Charger_Operation_Guide(975-0125-01-01_Rev-A).pdf
Another section states settings not discussed may only be changed by a dealer, or Xantrex technician.
My only way to affect those settings is by reducing the total AH of all batteries, 5 in my case, 2 start, 3 house. I have the charger setting at 300AH(this does not include the start battery AH. This means the charge rate is divided by 5, ie: maximum 60A charge rate.
BTW, when I first turned the inverter/charger after installing new batteries, the readout said; voltage 12.2, then bulk charging at 15V @39A. That slowly lowered to absorption rate, then off=not charging.
I'm wondering if the old dead batteries have affected the inverter/charger, if that is the case I'll buy a new Xantrex SW3012 =3,000w inverter @ 12V, 150A charger.
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Since purchase I've left the setting for 3-stage charging; bulk, absorption, float. That set of 3 Exide deep-cycle 12V batteries lasted 4 yrs 7 mos. After re-reading my owners manual I changed the setting to 2-stage, bulk, absorption, the float is replaced by off. The Xantrex charger senses when the batteries require charging and turn on the charging process. I'll see how this set of new batteries last. BTW, the float is 14.1V@ 51° by battery temp sensor. Float setting can only be changed by Xantrex technician per the online manual.
Am I being naive to think this way?
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2 hours ago, jleamont said:I hope it’s warm where you are!
Well, depends upon your outlook, 26°F, wind gusts to 30 MPH. This coming Monday morning forecast 11°, clear sky - light wind.
A week ago we were warmer than Houston_.
I have a 150,000 btu kerosene torpedo heater in the RV garage, so let the wind howl. I work well when temps are 40-50° as long as there is no wind.
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No pictures of anything. I used Last Glue to repair the camera antenna and reinstalled it this morning. I must order the shield from WinnebagoParts.com Monday.If they cannot supply one, I'll have to resort to finding someone with a 3-D printer.
That was one time thing, that bird will never have the guts to dive bomb a MH again.
Shoot, forgot to clean off the dried blood while I had the ladder in position; there is always tomorrow though.
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I think your assessment is correct.
Usually there is a backflow prevention device/check valve in the hot water outlet from the heater, another in the cold water inlet to prevent how water from expanding and pushing back into the cold water line.
I can see my hot water check valve if I lay down and look up just right, to get to it I'd have to remove everything blocking access, water pump, automatic winterizing antifreeze tank, accumulator tank, and all associated water lines and solenoids. Do a 20 minute job, then reverse the access work. An all-day job all told for this 77 yr old. Some are all plastic BTW.
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There is a long thread about this occurrence, on irv2.com. That person got oil in the regulator and low-pressure lines. From that thread I learned Ethyl Mercaptan contains no oil. When I was a firefighter I was taught it was an oily substance, now I know that was not true.
nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0894.pdf
This explains in detail what Brett talked about: https://www.tarantin.com/blog/propane-101/oil-from-the-vaporizer
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My rear wireless camera has been flickering sporadically, but I thought little about it, just interference I told myself. Wednesday we took our MH for a long drive, just to get out of the house and exercise the MH. Yesterday I washed off the black dirt rain was washing off the pavement. Our MH has a large rear spoiler, there was som dark dirt on the underside of the spoiler and I was trying to wash it away with my long wash brush but it was stubborn.
I bumped the rear camera and the antenna fell off. When I climbed my ladder to replace the antenna, I noted the black dirt was actually dried blood. Then I noticed the camera protective shroud was broken. Evidently a bird flew low and was hit by the spoiler at some point, then bounced down and hit the camera housing and broke off the antenna threaded connection.
I would never have imagined such an occurrence. Now I'll be calling WinnebagoParts 800-933-7742 to order a new housing, if one is available for our MH, and ordering a new antenna from Voyager/Jensen.
It never ends when owning a motorhome.
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sunlover19, my system will not allow the air springs to inflate while the jacks are down, no matter how long you idle the engine.
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Concluding this thread, we bought the 12V deep-cycle marine batteries. DW said she has no interest in any dry camping, and if it cannot be avoided, she wants to run the genset when anything more than making coffee or nuking a frozen sandwich is required.
I thank everyone for their advice, opinions, and knowledge they shared with me.
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On 1/3/2020 at 5:55 PM, manholt said:I only did a Bat wing & forgot to unplug...no damage to pedestal, just my ego when I was waved down by a motorist...40 miles from the RV Park! $350 for new cord & $400 for a RAZOR. Current coach in Spring of 2015...
I did that 3 years ago, someone got a fairly new Marinco 50A shore power cord. Not only did I get to buy a new shore power cord. I had to replace the Marinco 50A socket. Expensive brain fart. Worst part, I was leaving my RV garage in a rush to meet my television guy to fix some wiring_.
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As Brett says; My coach must be level to extend and retract slide. A different brand states the opposite, can't remember the name.
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2 hours ago, jleamont said:Herman, your attachments will not open.
I am stocked up on “O’ Keefe’s working hands”. Seems to work well but you have to keep applying it, especially since I wash my hands so frequently.Some years ago our Dr. suggested I start using pure glycerine, OTC from drug store. Four drops on the knuckles of each hand will spread evenly over my hands. They feel great next morning.
Glycerine is the main ingredient in most good hand care products. I used to use Corn Huskers lotion years ago, it is mainly Glycerine.
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15 hours ago, hermanmullins said:Yesterday morning we had a dusting of snow with temperatures in the low 30s with wind chills in the 20s.
Herman
We are a bit warmer in S. Indiana, 38 low tonight.
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it is accurately named Galvanic corrosion, as there is no electricity involved. Aluminum and brass are not far apart of the galvanic action scale, so should not cause near-future problems; 10 years from installation you may need to replace the rivets.
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6 hours ago, manholt said:RayIN. Did she rent a place in Texas for the 10 month recovery, fitting, etc? I had the full-mouth done at Smiles of Texas, March 27, 2016, my permanent teeth was installed Jan 14, 2017 & I was totally released in Feb. $42,500 plus the med's, fuel for back & forth, etc. Since you need a Oral Surg/Dentist I choose he USA, I still have all my organs! After surgery your in the clinic, every 2 - 3 weeks fore minor tune up of the temporary teeth. Medicare does not cover implants, does cover dentures!
Back to OP, go see an Optemolegist (lousy spell ck), the only thing Medicare will not cover is if you opt for near & far sighted lenses. Linda had both eyes done in Oct 2018..Happy Camper!
No, they have a home-base in S.TX, so parked their rig for the duration. They've been back on the road, full-timing since last spring. Their daughter is doing fine.
BTW, I have 2 implants, get the tops in April. No temporary tops. I have FEDVIP dental ins.(same program as congressmen) DW has 4, she's never had any issues with them in the past 6 years.
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mike, docj's comments got me to thinking. Winnebago has all their schematics and diagrams for each model MH online. Hopefully your MH mfgr. does too.
There are multiple check valves in both the brake and suspension air systems. Perhaps there are one or more leaking backwards. My MH has developed the same hidden air pressure loss, and I am ignorant of how to find a leaking check valve; I too have spent several hours with a spray bottle filled with children's bubble soap underneath my MH and only discovered two very slow air leaks, like one- three bubbles a minute.